Chicago Reacts: Bin Laden Photos Won't Be Released
Chicagoans are reacting to the decision by President Barack Obama not to make public the gruesome death photos of Osama bin Laden.
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Chicagoans are reacting to the decision by President Barack Obama not to make public the gruesome death photos of Osama bin Laden.
Officials believe the death of Osama Bin Laden increases the risk of retaliation from his supporters. And the greatest threat is to the nation's buses and trains
The push is on for the public release of the graphic pictures of Osama bin Laden's corpse, but some local experts have their doubts about the idea.
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Among the senior White House staff who watched the death of Osama Bin Laden do down in real time, was Chicagoan and White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley.
Members of the U.S. Navy SEAL team that killed Osama bin Laden would have started their training at Naval Station Great Lakes on the North Shore.
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Chicago continues to step up security measures in the wake of Osama bin Laden's death.
The Illinois junior senator concedes it could be grisly, but suggests releasing photographic evidence of Osama bin Laden's death would quash conspiracy theories that he survives.
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Church officials say there is no rejoicing in the taking of human life, but they add Osama bin Laden created untold misery for others. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports from Rome.
Since Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan, the country has seen tremendous displays of patriotism. Those patriotic acts will likely continue as baseball basketball and hockey teams contineu their seasons.
In Chicago, the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago says the killing of the al-Qaeda leader marks "the end of a dark era."
An expert on presidential politics says the killing of Osama bin Laden on President Obama's watch will help the president politically.
Ten years ago, a Chicago area woman was thrust into history and the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001.
The father of a Lincolnwood woman killed in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, says the death of Osama bin Laden makes no difference to him.
An Illinois congressman Osama bin Laden is no longer a threat, but that doesn't mean we can allow ourselves to become complacent.
With the death of terror mastermind Osama Bin Laden, the city is increasing uniformed police presence and is ramping up monitoring of its vast array of surveillance cameras.
There is a picture going around the internet that is supposed to be Osama bin Laden, taken after he was killed.
Osama Bin Laden's death comes are great news to a Dyer, Ind., man, who was in the north tower of the World Trade Center when American Airlines Flight 11 hit the building on Sept. 11, 2001.
While the nation celebrates the news of Osama bin Laden's death, it provides just small comfort to those who lost loved ones on Sept. 11, 2001.
It may feel safer to have Osama bin Laden dead, but is that really the case? University of Chicago political science professor Robert Pape says actually, any plan for retaliation could present an opportunity.
U.S. Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are both speaking out about the death of Osama bin Laden.
Chicagoans are reacting to the death of Osama bin Laden this morning, with a mixture of jubilation, relief and concern.
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The University of Illinois Board of Trustees voted to raise tuition, housing and student fees at both the Urbana-Champaign and Chicago campuses.
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The driver of a car was killed and a number of students were taken to a local hospital after a head-on crash between the car and a school bus in Will County Thursday morning.
A Cook County judge ruled Thursday that key witness testimony from a firearms expert will be allowed in the trials of three men accused in the murder of Chicago police officer Areanah Preston.
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A Cook County judge ruled Thursday that key witness testimony from a firearms expert will be allowed in the trials of three men accused in the murder of Chicago police officer Areanah Preston.
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